Track parts and labor costs and costs per mile per unit and per component.
Rather than going back through old work orders, technicians can see immediately what services have been performed on a specific vehicle. Provide instant access to vehicle maintenance histories.Automate preventive maintenance and other inspection or services scheduling, such as winterizing.The system should record vehicle specifications and other information that assists in planning replacements. Manage fleet assets, including all vehicles, trailers and equipment.While all fleets are different, Arsenault and Cooper both say a maintenance software package should do the following: They actually have more equipment than they perceive." "They have trailers, maybe refrigeration units, service trucks, dollies and company cars.
If they are running 30 or 40 trucks, they may not think they are large enough for a software package.īut their shop is doing work on more than just the trucks, Arsenault says. Many small fleets don't recognize the actual number of pieces of equipment they are maintaining in their shop. They don't have a way of finding out what it is they need." "They don't have the opportunity to see what kinds of technologies are out there for them. "Small fleets don't normally belong to groups like the TMC (The Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations)," Arsenault says. Small fleets gain the same benefits as large fleets from fleet maintenance software, even though many small fleet managers are unaware of the many products available. And (this kind of software) is an investment - it's not a consumable product." "A smart fleet manager or business owner will look at the return on his investment rather than on what they are spending. "Smaller fleets are more cognizant of price," Cooper agrees, but that should not be the primary reason to take a pass on maintenance software.
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